Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 837,640 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 837,640 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 923,674 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 434,084 ha, in 1993.
That places Middle Africa 7th out of 24 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 539,564 ha | 530,900 ha | 559,815 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 542,902 ha | 480,317 ha | 581,459 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 573,369 ha | 556,733 ha | 597,652 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 475,283 ha | 434,084 ha | 505,577 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 540,356 ha | 442,482 ha | 659,564 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 790,702 ha | 722,864 ha | 923,674 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 765,163 ha | 705,723 ha | 837,640 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Middle Africa was 837,640 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 923,674 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 434,084 ha in 1993.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 7th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.